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(No Model.)

J. McDONALD.

STEEL BARREL.

Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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STEEL BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,488, dated April27, 1897'. Application filed September 12, 1895. Serial No. 562,351. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN McDoNALD, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of Petrolia, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented a new and useful Steel Barrel, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a receptacle for safely and securely holdingoil or other merchandise during transportation or storage; and theobject contemplated is the provision of a simple, inexpensive, andefficient device for this purpose; and this invention consists of clipssecured to the body of the receptacle one, two,or more,as preferred, foreach hoop which clips are constructed longer than the hoop incross-section, onto which clips said hoop is driven, after which thehoop is securely locked in position to avoid and completely prevent itsaccidental displacement by bending or turning up the ends of the clipson each side of said hoop; and this invention also consists in formingthe central hoop thicker than the end hoops or gradually decreasing thethickness of the hoops from the center to each end for the purpose offorming the bilge in the hoops in place of in the body of thereceptacle; and this invention also consists of the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of the same, as will behereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out inthe claims.

In order that my improvements may be better understood, I haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings a barrel constructed accordingto my invention, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a barrelembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional viewof same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail side view showing the ends of the clip turned up tolockthe hoop in place. In this view the hoop and a portion of the barrel areshown in section.

R designates the body of the barrel or receptacle, which is formed ofsteel, iron, or other equivalent material, which body is preferablyformed by bending in a cylindrical form a fiat plate of metal of therequired size until the side edges overlap each other. These overlappingedges are then riveted and soldered or otherwise firmly secured togetherto form a tight joint at this point.

C O designate clips formed of U-shaped strips of metal, whose basesnormally stand fiat against the body R of the vessel and are riveted orotherwise rigidly secured thereto, while their ends project outward atright angles to their bodies, and one, two, or any number of these clipsmay be used in connection with each hoop, as preferred.

D D designate hoops of wood or other equivalent material, with anysuitable number of which this barrel is provided. These hoops D aredriven onto the barrel and up over on the metal clips C until said hoopsare adjusted centrally thereon, after which the ends of said clips arebent or turned upward at two opposite sides of the hoop D, as shown inFig. 4, for the purpose of avoiding and completely preventing theaccidental displacement of said hoops D. It will also be seen that whenthe ends of these clips are in this position they terminate short of theouter face of the hoop, so that when the barrel is rolled on its sidethey will not mark or scratch the floor and are also protected frombecoming jammed. These hoops D are for the purpose of protecting thebody of the barrel, and the central hoop is formed thicker, so that itsouter face shall set out farther from the body of the barrel than theouter faces of the other or end hoops, or, in other words, so that thesehoops may gradually decrease in thickness from the center to each end,by which construction the bilge to the barrel is formed in the hoops andnot in the body. This construction effects a considerable saving inexpense, since a bilged steel barrel is quite costly, in addition towhich said bilged hoops permit a barrel having a body of even diameterthroughout to be readily and easily turned in any direction or to berolled from one point to anotherin the warehouse or from the dock ontothe vessel.

I consider the employment of a single hoop at the center of the barrel,thicker than all others, far preferable to the use of two thick hoopsnear the center, for the reason that in turning the latter one or bothhoops must slip on the floor to some extent, as there are then twopoints of supporting contact instead of but one, as in the presentinvention. While the turning (and, in fact, the straight rolling) may bedone upon other hoops, it almost invariably falls on the thickestcentral one, and this hoop I thereforeprefer to always attach by themeans set forth above, so that the ends of the clips will not mar orscratch the floor. However, I consider this form of attachment as cheap,strong, and otherwise desirable for all the hoops, and have soillustrated it, although some other attachment might there be used.

H II designate theheads of the barrel, preferably formed in one pieceand with the flanges A, the latter forming a convenient means by whichthe heads 11 may be riveted and soldered or otherwise rigidly secured inthe ends of the body R in order to form a tight joint at this point.

B designates an opening in the end of the barrel, which is provided witha suitable bung or stopper through which the barrel may be filled or itscontents removed.

E designates a suitable vent with which the barrel is provided, whichvent is securely closed after the barrel is filled.

This construction just described provides a barrel or the like or areceptacle for any class of merchandise and one such as contemplatedwhich is simple and consequently inexpensive to manufacture and at thesame time will efficiently serve the purpose for which it is intended.At the same time I wish it understood that while I prefer theconstruction shown Ido not limit myself to the details thereof, as theymay be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture, the herein-described barrel comprising a truly cylindricalbody, and hoops surrounding the same, a single one at its center andothers near the ends, said central hoop being thicker than any other, asand for the purpose set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described barrelcomprising a cylindrical body, and hoops surrounding the same one at itscenter and others near the ends, the external diameter of said centralhoop being larger than any other; combined with clips secured to thebody and having ends projecting outward therefrom alongside the edges ofthe hoops and terminating short of theouter face thereof, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In tostimony whereof I have signed in the presence of the twoundersigned witnesses.

JOHN MCDONALD. IVitnesses:

P. J. EDMUNDS, E. G. DEWAN.

